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Preface

I am slowly putting online Vilna Jewish keepsakes from the private family collection started by my father, the poet Menke Katz (1906 – 1991) and called the Menke Katz Collection. Each item is accompanied by a (sometimes minimal) commentary in Yiddish.

It is hoped that the larger collection, comprising books, archives and thousands of hours of recordings, now housed at five locations in three countries, will in the fullness of time find an appropriate permanent home.